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Rapers Wit -- When Women Cry Rape
Another one? Roethlisberger accuser allegedly bragged about sex The Associated Press 3:57 a.m. August 9, 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger scrambles during the two-minute drill practice at their NFL football training camp in Latrobe, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) - APRENO, Nev. — The woman suing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for alleged sexual assault has been accused of bragging about having consensual sex with him to a co-worker. Angela Antonetti said the woman who made the rape claim "did not appear to be upset, stressed-out or nervous" about her time with the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback during a 2008 celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe, according to court documents filed late Friday. Antonetti said her Harrah's hotel-casino co-worker "appeared happy and boastful," and later said she thought she might be pregnant from the encounter. Antonetti made the remarks in a sworn statement attached to a motion to move the case from Reno to Minden, Nev. "Rather than indicating that she was afraid or apprehensive about this, (the woman) expressed to me that she was hoping for a 'little Roethlisberger," said Antonetti, who worked with her at Harrah's between 2006 and 2009. Lawyer Cal Dunlap, who represents the woman, declined to comment Saturday. "We'll just deal with it in the lawsuit," he said. In her lawsuit, the 31-year-old Nevada woman says she was working as a VIP hostess during the tournament when the two-time Super Bowl winner raped her in a hotel penthouse across the street from the golf course – a claim he vehemently denies. She also alleges Harrah's officials orchestrated a cover-up, and worked to silence her and undermine her credibility rather than investigate her claims. But the motion, filed by Roethlisberger's Nevada lawyer John Echeverria, says her claims were an attempt to exploit his celebrity status and secure an "extortionate payday." Antonetti said the woman's emotional collapse had nothing to do with a rape but resulted from a failed relationship with a married man and then a long-distance relationship that turned out to be a hoax. Antonetti claims the woman became "very emotionally distraught" afterward, and took a leave of absence from Harrah's. Antonetti says she wanted "to set the record straight" after hearing about the claims against Roethlisberger.— August 9, 2009 8:16 p.m.
Cultural Desperation
This "artists" mentality the two of you share guarantees you will never understand the world or the people in it, because you view them through the prism of your own ideology. If you want to understand, you must approach life as a scientist, with an open mind, observing things as they are, THEN forming hypotheses to try to explain what you've observed, and testing your hypotheses. But remember, to get to the truth, you can't be afraid of what the truth might be, or bias your hypotheses with what you WISH it to be. Writing like this is like looking at a Picasso. It's an interesting and thought-provoking "take" on life that bears little resemblance to the real thing.— August 9, 2009 6:28 p.m.
Military/Flag News Stories (and yes, Michael Jackson)
You should know.— August 9, 2009 2:21 a.m.
Plant Singers, Big Cheese
The sound still wouldn't make it to the tin can you were standing in - no conduction medium in between. Now pay attention in class next time!— August 9, 2009 2:20 a.m.
Driving Drunk Is Not Easy
God what a load of crap! Most philosophical conversation strikes me about equivelent to inmates in the asylum hurling feces against the wall to see what kind of patterns it makes. If you're comparing me to these guys you haven't understood what I've said at all. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. I don't think you're capable of hearing what I'm saying. Not because you're not smart, but because you're trapped in your world-view. You don't lack intelligence, just rationality. As you consider yourself an academic, I'll refer you to a very interesting book that might broaden your horizons. "Our Inner Ape" by Frans De Waal. Give it a read.— August 9, 2009 2:14 a.m.
Military/Flag News Stories (and yes, Michael Jackson)
I didn't think I could get MORE grateful to not be your neighbor. You prove me wrong.— August 9, 2009 1:32 a.m.
Cannery Row: Monterey, California
While there make sure to visit Pacific Grove. That was my favorite hangout when I lived there. Beautiful coastline, cool downtown.— August 7, 2009 5:08 p.m.
Military/Flag News Stories (and yes, Michael Jackson)
To make this even a little worse, I worked at a school in South Central LA when Florence Griffith Joyner (Flojo) died. She was a black woman olympic medalist. I suggested to the Principal that we should lower the flag to honor this positive role model for the kids of this community, but she said we couldn't. So she wasn't good enough for this honor, but Michael was?— August 7, 2009 5:04 p.m.
Driving Drunk Is Not Easy
Don't know what the "churchlands" are, give me a link or something. And yes, I'm a big fan of the cut and paste, especially when real life makes my case so much more effectively than I could. To summarize: We're all monkeys following our impulses. Criminals. Homosexuals. Horny teens.— August 7, 2009 3:45 a.m.
Driving Drunk Is Not Easy
Refried, sorry if I mictorated on your cavalcade.— August 6, 2009 2:21 a.m.